“Please, Sir, please help me!” cried an old lady as we passed her by while we look for a parking spot near the supermarket earlier today. She was standing in the middle of the parking lot with a pushcart and a bag of groceries inside it. My husband stopped the car and she came nearer. “Please, can you bring me to...

So I listened several times to Taylor Swift's speech when she accepted her Honorary Doctorate Degree earlier today from New York University at Yankee Stadium and ended up transcribing it so I can just read it whenever I need some encouragement. In case you'd like more information why she received the degree of Doctor...

Earlier today, Taylor Swift received an honorary doctorate degree at the NYU 2022 All-University Commencement ceremonies. Here's the complete transcription of what Jason King, Chair and Associate Professor of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, Tisch School of the Arts, said:“Taylor Swift — blazing, sing-songwriter,...

Population 18 says the green sign along Highway 1. Wait, what?! I had to do a double take the first time I saw it. Three years later, I still feel that sense of wonder each time we pass by that sign during our summer trips to California’s Central Coast.   In 2019, my family and I unfortunately didn’t get a chance...

I love rainbows and have always been fascinated with the fable that there's gold at the end of it. While I find it hard to believe in finding treasure at the bottom of a rainbow, there's something precious about standing next to one ... or a likeness of it!Last weekend, as we took a road trip to California's Central Coast,...

Okay, geek mode on!  I found this fascinating science toy recently and set it up on the dining table before my youngest son got home. When I showed him how the frog wasn't actually on top of the mirascope, he had the same surprised reaction I had the first time I tried it. The image looked so real but when you try...

"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want." ~ Andy WarholI am such a softie when it comes to flowers — not much of the cut ones you have to put in vases but more of the the living and growing kinds that can be found in parks and gardens, on the sidewalks, along hiking...

Happy New Year, everyone! Since most of us preferred to usher in 2021 at home, I'm sure that like us, you also found various ways to keep yourselves entertained. Sometime in May 2019, I bought a tongue drum online to make music with. I originally wanted to have a hang drum that sounds so much better but found the...